I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it].

I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.

Maggie the cat is alive. I'm alive.

I hate myself on the screen. I want to die ... my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet.... I'd love to be tall and willowy ... I'm short.

Judaism had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike [Todd] or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time.

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

I've come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.